Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has been slow to reach devices already in the market. Though the first Android 4.0 smartphone went on sale in November of last year, many owners of devices purchased with Android 2.3 Gingerbread on board are still waiting for their upgrades.

Some of those Gingerbread device owners may be dismayed to learn they won’t ever get the latest Android system software for their phone or tablet.

HTC, Motorola, and Sony recently provided new information on which devices will get Android 4.0 and when those updates will arrive. They’ve also noted which devices won’t get Android 4.0. Let’s look at how the field is playing out.

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A look at how selected makers of phones and other consumer-electronic gadgets are faring:

April 19: Microsoft Corp. says it shipped 1.4 million Xbox 360 consoles during the first three months of the year, about half of the 2.7 million shipped a year earlier.

Nokia Corp. says sales of smartphones dropped to 12 million in the first quarter, from 24 million a year earlier, while volume sales of cellphones fell to 83 million from 108 million a year earlier.

April 24: Apple Inc. says it sold 35 million iPhones in the quarter, almost twice as many as it sold a year ago and above analyst expectations. IPad sales came in below analyst expectations, at 11.8 million units. But that was still two and a half times as many as it sold in the same quarter a year ago. Mac sales were also slightly below expectations, at 4 million. That was 7 percent more than a year ago. Apple sold 7.7 million iPods, down 15 percent from a year earlier.

AT&T Inc. says it activated 4.3 million iPhones in the first quarter. That was down from 7.6 million in the fourth quarter, when AT&T began selling the iPhone 4S. However, the number was still up from the 3.6 million iPhones AT&T sold in the same quarter a year ago.

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